Detachable connector.



A. McLANE & J. CHURNSIDE.

DETACHABLE CONNECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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ALEXANDER MQLANE, or LANSFORD, AND JOHN cnunnsrnn, or HUDSON, PENNSYLVANIA.

DETACHABLE CONNECTOR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ALEXANDER MCLANE andJonN GHURNSIDE, citizens of the United hinge what is known as a demountablehinge; but our improved connector is also adapted for use separate from hinges, as hereinafter described. r

Our invention comprises improved means whereby a door, gate, panel, partition or the like may be mounted and dismounted easily and rapidly without the driving or removal of screws, nails, or the like, and without mar-ring of either the door, gate, panel, etc, or the support on which such door, gate, panel,'ietc., is to'be mounted or from which it is to be removed. 7 l

Our invention consists in the novel connector hereinafter described and illustrated in certainembodiments in the accompanying drawings. The object of our invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive connector whereby doors, gates, panels, partitions, etc, may be' mounted and dismounted quickly and readily, and without injury to themselves or to the parts to which they are tobe con-' nected or from nected. i

We will now proceed. to describe our invention with reference to theaccompanying point out the novel which they areto 'be disconfeatures in claims. 'In the drawings: Figure 1 shows a front view of a portion ofa door and door-frame united by a hinge provided with a connector embodying our invention. Fig.2 shows an eleyation ofthe same part's with the door swung outwardend lifted preparatory to dismountin'g, the hanger plate forming a part'of the connection beingshown in vertical section. Fig. 3 shows an elevation of a portionpf the; door and door frame, with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed July 17, 1914.. Serial No. 851,479.

the door separated from the door frame, the hinge and the hanger plate being both shown in elevation, but detached one from the other. Fig. 4 shows a transverse vertical section ofv the demountable hinge shown in Figs. 13 inclusive, and of the door frame or other support to which the hanger plate is shown as connected in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the section being taken on the line :v:0 of Fig. l, the scale of Fig. 4 being larger than that of Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Fig. 5 shows a transverse vertical section of adsmountable hinge embodying an alternative form of hanger plate, the section being taken on the line z of Fig. 6; Fig. 6 shows an elevation of a demountable hinge embodying the form of hanger plate shown in Fig. 5, the saidhangerplate being shown in longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 7 shows a frontview of a plain (2'. 6., nonhinged) connector, and of portions of panels to which such connector is attached. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 1. but shows an alternative form of demountable hinge.

Referring first to Figs. 1-4: inclusive, 1 designates a door frame or like support, 2 a door in operative relation to said door frame, and 3 and i designate leaves of a hinge connecting such door and door frame, the leafl of the hinge fitting within a hanger plate 5, which hanger plate is secured to the door frame .1, by suitable fastenings, for example, screw/s6. The leaf 4 of the hinge is provided with slots 7, shown in this case as of approximate L form, and with hooks 7 the lifting of the door 2 with the hinge 3 L thereon, so that the endsof the hooks 8 clear the shanks of the screws 6. It'will be clear that, with the hinge and hanger plate locked together" asshown in Figs..1 and 4, such hinge and hanger platemay bedisconnected by *liftingthe hingewith reference to the hanger plate until the hooks 8 clear the screws 6, and then drawing the hinge leaf 4: out of the hanger plate. Fig. 2 shows the door 2, and the hinge so lifted, preparaof the hanger plate, the door 2 having been swung out to permit such withdrawal of the hinge leaf 4 from the hanger plate. Fig. 3 shows the parts after disconnection. It will be apparent that by a reverse operation the hinge and the hanger may be connected again, the door, with the hinge thereon, being raised so that the hinge leaf 4 may be inserted into the hanger. plate, with the hooks 8 passing the shanks of the screwfi, and the door being lowered after suchin- 'sertion, so that the hooks 8 engage the shanks of the screw 6. It will also be apparent that the screws 6 form the support both for the hinge and the door which it carries, and for the hanger plates. The hanger plates properly space apart and reinforce the screws and in addition serve to cover the slots and hooks on the hinge leaf both at the front and at the bacln Moreover, with the alined slots 7 of the leaf 4 engaging the screws which area-lso alined, the" weight of the door'is divided'between the two screws and slots and the slots and hinge are held rigidly in position. Relative lateral movement of the hanger plate and hinge is thus prevented except when removing the hinge or inserting it in place.

' The hanger plate, it will be seen, may be permitted to remain permanently connected to the door frame 1 while the hinge 3-4 may remain permanently connected to the door 2, the partsbeing capable ofconnection or disconnection without the driving or removal of screws, nails or the like, once the hinge has been properly connected to the door and the hanger plate has been properly connected to the doorway; marring of the door and doorway being thereby avoided;

and as will be obvious, the hanger plate may be of such neat and ornamental appearance that its presence, after removal of the door, will be in no wise detrimental. Various uses for a demountable hinge such as illustrated willreadily occur to those skilled in the art; among which will naturally be the use of sucha hinge in connection with screen-doors, storm-doors, swinging window screens and sashes, temporary gates and doors, or gates and doors which are subject to removal from time to time, etc;

In Figs. 5 and '6 we illustrate an alternative construction of the demountable hinge, differing from that previously illustrated and described, in that the hanger plate, here designated by numeral 5 comprises a back member 5", the hanger plate being, therefore, closed at the back, whereas the hangerplate shown in Figs. 1-4 inclusive is openati the back. {In Figs. 5 and 6 we have also shown the hangerplate 5 as provided with bosses 9 connecting'the front and back walls of the hanger, and apertured for the passage of the fastening screws; the

hooks 8 of the hinge leaf 4 being arranged to engage these bossesz9, instead of engaging the screws direct.

The construction of Figs. 5 and 6 is somewhat more substantial than that of Figs. 1-4 inclusive, but, also, is somewhat more expensive. In this construction also as well 1 as in that of Figs. 1 to 4, the screwsform the support both for the hinge and door through the bosses 9, and for the hanger plate, the slots-7 and hooks 8 acting directly against the screws through the bosses 9.

The same rigidity and prevention of relative lateral movement of the hinge and hanger plate is secured in this construction that is referred toin connection with the construction ofFigs. 1 to 4. The hooks and slots are 7 similarly concealedso that nouneven projections are visible, both the front and back side 7 of the hanger plate presenting a smooth unbroken surface. V Obviously, our improved connector is not limited to use in connection with'a hinge, 1

but may be employed as a plain connectionfor members, such as partition panels, screen panels, etc., which, it may be ,desirableto disconnect or dismount from time to time. Such connector is shown inFig. 7, wherein the hanger plate 5 is of the construction shown in Figs. v1-4 inclusive, but the hooked member cooperating with such hanger'plate,

here designated-by numeral 4*, is a simple a 7 plate having slots 7 and hooks 8 the same as the hinge leaf 4 of Figs. 1-4 inclusive. It will be obvious that this connector shown in Fig. '(is used inthe same manner .as are the 'connectorsshown in Figs. 1-6 inclusive.

It will also be apparent that similar advantages are secured as when. theconnector is used 1n connection with door hlnges; VThe provision of a plurality of. screws or lugs in the hanger plate, and of a plurality of complementary hooks and slots in the 00- i operating hook 'member, prevents relative movement of the panels, etc.,exc ept when inserting and removing the hook member.

' It will be obvious that, and asshown in Fig. 8, the hooks, there designated by numeral v 8 might be provided on the hanger plate, andarranged to engage lugs 6 provided on a hinge leaf, there designated by numeral 4;, however, this constru'ction of Fig. 8, while practicable, is not considered are nevertheless retained in'this construc- The relative rigidity of the V hook member or hinge leaf andhangerplate tion, as well' as in the other constructions illustrated and described. r

a It will also beobvious that our connector may be made in various different improved forms and for various difierent purposes and that the constructions herein illustrated and described are only specific embodiments of an invention susceptible of embodiment in very many different forms.

What we claim is 1. A connector such as described, comprising a hanger plate adapted to be secured to a suitable support and a connector plate adapted to be supported by said hanger plate and in turn itself to act as a support, said hanger plate having an intermediate supporting lug and a front plate extending to both sides of said lug, and said connector plate having a supporting hook and coinplementary slot adapted to engage said lug behind said plate, whereby the lug, hook and slot are hidden from view by said front plate.

2. A connector such as described, comprising a hanger plate adapted to be secured to a suitable support and a connector plate adapted to be supported by said hanger plate and in turn'itself to act as a support, said hanger plate having front and side plates and a plurality of'intermediate supporting lugs, and said connector plate having a plurality of corresponding supporting hooks'and complementary slots adapted to engage said lugs, said lugs, hooks, and slots being hidden from view by said front and side plates.

3. A connector such as described, comprising a hanger plate adapted to be secured to a suitable support and a connector plate adapted to be supported by said hanger plate and in turn itself to act as a support, said hanger plate having a front plate'provided with-an intermediate opening for the passage of an attaching means and with means for spacing said front plate from the hanger plate support to provide a recess behind said plate, and said connector plate being provided with a hook and complementary slot, adapted to aline with said intermediate opening, said hook and'slot being hidden from view by said front plate, and said hanger plate and connector plate being adapted to be supported by said attaching means.

4:. A connector such as described, comprising a hanger plate adapted to be secured to a suitable support and a connector plate adapted to be supported by said hanger plate and in turn itself to act as a support, said hanger plate having a front and back connector plate being adapted to be supported by said attaching means.

.5. A demountable hinge such as described, comprising a hanger plate adapted to be secured to a suitable support, and a hinge leaf adapted to be supported by said hanger plate, said hanger plate having a front plate provided with a plurality of intermediate openings for the passage of supporting means and with means for spacing said front plate from the hanger plate support to provide a recess behind said plate, and said hinge leaf being provided with a plurality of corresponding hooks and complementary slots adapted to aline with said intermediate openings, said hooks and slots being hidden from View by said front plate, and said hanger plate and hinge leaf being adapted to be supported by said attaching means.

6. A demountable hinge such as described, comprising a hanger plate adapted to be secured to a suitable support and a hinge leaf adapted to be supported by said hanger plate, said hanger plate having front and back plates provided with a plurality of intermediate transverse openings for the passage of attaching means and with means for spacing said front and back plates apart to form an intermediate recess adapted to receive the hinge leaf, said hinge leaf having a plurality of hooks and complementary recesses adapted to aline with said intermediate openings, said hooks and slots being hidden from view by said front plate, and said hanger plate and hinge leaf being adapted Witnesses:

P. L. DRUM, G. J. ENNIs.

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